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Citigroup economist Faraz Syed says July's hot inflation print implies Q3 sequential inflation will exceed the Reserve Bank of Australia's assumed 0.8% rise. Citigroup had long expected a 25bp hike in November; ahead of next week's Q2 GDP, Syed is now more convinced the RBA still needs another hike this year and sees a substantial risk of a September increase, with risks skewing toward more rather than fewer hikes.

CNN on Aug 24 published a letter in which two senior Democratic U.S. senators asked the PENTAGON to investigate living conditions aboard multiple Navy vessels, citing carriers USS Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford and destroyer USS Benfold. The letter cites clogged toilets, a laundry-room fire, generally poor habitability, reports of multiple personnel mental-health breakdowns including attempted overboard jumps on the carriers, and last month’s four-day power loss that left USS Benfold dead in the water in the South China Sea.